Bristol & Avonmouth (Download)

Compatibility: Train Simulator 2013

The Bristol and Avonmouth route has been created to give you the chance to enjoy many operations around the route, from the coal loaders at Avonmouth to the bustling docks, the Severn Beach line (highlighted by Thomas Cook as one of the most scenic lines in Europe!) to the four-mile tunnel under the River Severn.

Starting at Bristol Temple Meads, you can take a trip to Bristol Parkway in preparation to carry on to London. Go South into Portbury docks and take in the magnificent Clifton Suspension Bridge or take a heavy freight load past Filton Airport, where Concorde G-BOAF resides opposite the magnificent Brabazon hangars.

Do you feel like taking a trip back to the past? Drive to the Bristol Harbour Railway where you can travel up and down the dockside railway and see Brunel's famous SS Great Britain and the M Shed Museum which occupies the former Bristol Industrial Museum building.

Or maybe you'd prefer a trip into the future? Portishead railway station is subject to a great deal of debate at the moment with ongoing campaigns to re-open the line and its stations at Pill and Portishead to ease traffic on the A369. The line has been included, with the station at Pill bought back to life and the lines laid and station buildings placed at Portishead station.

If you want to do some good old fashioned shunting, there's plenty of scope for that too, with the docks at Avonmouth and Portbury, coaling yards at Avonmouth, and shunting yards at Stoke Gifford and east of Bristol Temple Meads.

Bristol and Avonmouth includes a total of 21 stations and features 15 scenarios, ten using default stock, and five using stock from Just Trains, as well as four Free Roams.

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association

Created by ex-Servicemen Dave Capps and Ben Garfirth, Bristol & Avonmouth was developed as an aid to help their adjustment back to civilian life after the rigours of combat.

Helping that adjustment is SSAFA Forces Help, the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association charity. SSAFA help and support those who serve in the UK’s Armed Forces and those who used to serve - even if it was only for a single day. SSAFA also care for the families of both. Last year alone, SSAFA’s professional staff and trained volunteers provided a reliable, caring and trusted service to more than 50,000 people. SSAFA has helped to make a real difference to many lives.

Your purchase of the route will help to ensure that SSAFA’s fine work is continued with donations made from your purchase.

The dock areas of Avonmouth, Portbury and Bristol Harbour within the city centre

Super Elevation banked track employed as required in the route.

The Avon Gorge including Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Bristol Preserved Railway, including the industrial Museum M Shed and the historic SS Great Britain.

To the North of the city the route takes in the Henbury Loop, with views of the preserved Concorde and Filton airport's Brabazon Hangar.

The line extends north under the River Severn and as far as Severn Tunnel Junction station. It also includes the proposed re-opening of the Portishead line with Pill and Portishead stations included

The docks area at Avonmouth include a working coal loading tower, dockside freight loading areas and St. Andrews Road sidings

Portbury Dock covers the bulk vehicle delivery area and the coal yards including the transfer unit to Avonmouth docks

Bristol Temple Meads gives access to the HST Yards and the Bristol Temple Meads sidings along the line towards Keynsham

The recycling siding at Lawrence Hill gives further freight options with a container loading point

With all the city stations included the passenger options are limitless

Refuelling and bunkering options are available at Barton Hill Yard with a further diesel point in the HST Yard

The Severn Beach Line gives scenic glimpses of Wales, while the line from Portbury/Portishead includes the drive through the spectacular Avon Gorge

SCENARIOS

Standard scenarios

1) Christmas Special It's Christmas morning and the works party has just finished. Take the tired workers home to all stations along the Severn Beach branch line.

2) Dockside ShuntingAvonmouth docks has a lot of wagons that need moving onto the mainline sidings ready for moving on elsewhere.

3) Steam Round AvonmouthIt's a lovely day for a rail tour. Starting at Bristol Temple Meads, travel around Bristol and Avonmouth then onto the Bristol Preserved Railway to the Famous M Shed Building where the locomotive is to be on display.

4) Passenger and FreightPull the last leg of a Diesel Rail Tour to Bristol Temple Mead then await further instructions.

5) Cars and RecyclingIts winter and a new shipment of tractors has arrived at Royal Portbury Docks. Take them to Bristol Sidings and await further instructions.

6) First LightIt's the first service of the morning from Severn Beach. Take control of the waiting 166 and drive to Temple Meads.

7) Empties to the DocksA Didcot driver has pulled the coal empties from Didcot Power Station. Now take them to Avonmouth Coal Loader.

8) Emergency RecoveryA Class 43 has broken down at Bristol Parkway and the carriages are blocking the lines. Take the 47 there quickly and recover the carriages back here to the HST Shed (requires coupling override to be switched on).

9) Freight from CardiffYou were stopped at Severn Tunnel Junction to allow a HST to proceed through the tunnel in front of you. Advance through the tunnel and head to Avonmouth.

10) 05.25 to CardiffYou are on the early shift. Take your newly repaired Class 43 on its first journey back in service.

"Probably one of the most sophisticated routes I have seen yet, in both design and complexity... Some of the finest scenic views in Train Simulator I have seen yet in any add-on... B&A is an excellent add-on and ranks right up at the top with the rest of the Just Trains Routes, but this one tends to stand out in my mind as one of the best!... I have to tell you that the Just Trains Routes just stand out as the best and this route by far exceeds them all in detail, complexity and just sheer design!" Avsim.com

System Requirements:

Train Simulator 2013

3.0GHz PC or any Dual Core

512Mb RAM (1.0Gb for Vista)

256Mb graphics card

Windows 8 / 7 / XP / Vista

Direct X 9.0c compatible sound card

25MB hard drive space

Note: Five of the 15 included scenarios require additional Just Trains rolling stock:

This route expansion is around 45 miles long and includes the city centre, the scenic Severn Beach line with its four-mile tunnel under the River Severn and the Avon gorge. 21 highly detailed stations along the route are modelled.

The docks, coaling and shunting yards, freight areas and sidings of Bristol's unique rail network provide drivers with an enthralling combination of railway activities, and 15 enjoyable scenarios are included.